Carpet-fastener



(No Model.)

E. J.. LEWIS.

CARPET FASTENER.

No. 277,143; Patented May 8,1883.

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EMM A J. LEWIS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CARPET-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 277,143, dated May 8, 1883.

ApplicationfiledJune 30,1882. (NomodeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMMA JANE LEWIS, a citizen of the United States, and residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Carpet-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a carpet-fastener composed of a strip or platelaid flush with the floor and provided with notched fastening devices and a cover engaging therewith. The invention is fully illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view., Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view, illustrating a modification.

I construct my carpet-fastener of a metal plate, A, bent at a right angle and placed against the mop-board or wall of the apartment on all sides. The base of the plate is provided with hooks or teeth B B, which are bent or inclined toward the wall, and are notched atf, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The base-plateis also countersunk, so as to be flush with the floor O, in which position it is held by screws, and thus all sides of the apartment'are provided with these countersunk plates, which are permanently fixed to the floor. The carpet D is then laid with its edges hooked upon the teeth, by which it is firmly held in place.

In order to conceal the teeth and prevent garments, 850., from being caught thereon, I provide a curved cover, E, the upper edge of which rests upon or engages with the top of the bent plate A and the lower edge upon the carpet D, in which position it is secured at intervals by screws which pass through both plates and the carpet and enter the floor of the apartment. The under side of the cover E angle-plate is provided with an outwardly-ex 5 tended slotted or grooved bead, and the teeth of the plate or carpet-fastener are notched or barbed at d to receive the curved upper edge, e, and the flange 0r ribf, made on the lower face of the cover E, which cover is sprung into position, itslower edge resting upon the carpet, as shown. o

If desired, the curved teeth may be driven into the floor at'intervals by means of a slotted punch or tool, and when the carpet is laid the cover may be placed over the laid edges in the same manner as above described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

' A carpet-fastener composed of the angular plate A, laid flush with the floor, and having notched hooks B, and the cover E, provided with an internal flange or rib, f, adapted to engage with said notched hooks, the plate and.

cover being secured by screws, substantially as shown and described. V

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22d day of June, 1882.

EMMA J. LEWIS. Witnesses O. W. M. SMITH, Orrrs V. SAWYER. 

